XL: How to Display Only Certain States/Nations in Microsoft Map
ID: Q193468
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
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Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
SUMMARY
In Microsoft Excel, you can use Microsoft Map (Microsoft Data Map in
Microsoft Excel 7.0) to limit the states or countries shown on a map to a
given list. When a map is drawn, the default is to include all the states
or countries on the selected map.
MORE INFORMATION
To limit the states or countries displayed on map, follow these steps:
- Create a data map, and select the area of map to be shown. For example,
for a map of the United States, on the Insert menu click Map, use the
+ pointer to draw a map box, and double-click "US with AK & HI Insets"
in the Unable To Create Map dialog box.
- Create a column of geographic data using the state or country names
that you want, or use their standard abbreviations. For example, for a
map of the United States, type:
A1: WA
A2: ID
A3: CA
- On the Insert menu, click Data in Microsoft Map and highlight the
range of data on the worksheet that contains the states or countries
that you want to show. In the example, select A1:A3. By default, the
states that you select will be shaded gray on the map.
- On the Map menu, click Features to display the Map Features dialog box.
- Click to clear the Visible check box for the map you are using and
click OK. For example, with a map of the United States, click to clear
"United States (AK & HI Inset)" and click OK. All non-shaded states and
unused boundaries will disappear.
The default shading color for a state or country is based on a count of
the number of entries for each state or country name. You can change the
color being used. To change shading color, follow these steps:
- On the View menu, click Microsoft Map Control (Data Map Control in
Microsoft Excel 7.0).
- Double-click the shaded symbol displayed on the right in Map Control.
Or, on the Map menu, click Value Shading Options.
- In the Value Shading Options dialog box, click the arrow in the Color
box and select the color that you want.
- To make all states the same color, change the number in Number Of Value
ranges to 1 (or list each state only once in the data range inserted).
- Click OK to exit the Format Properties dialog box.
REFERENCES
For more information about Microsoft Map, click Contents And Index
on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the
following text
maps
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Get more help about
maps" topic. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the
Office Assistant.
Additional query words:
XL97
Keywords : kbdta xlmap
Version : WINDOWS:97; Win95:7.0
Platform : Win95 WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto
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